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Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson.

Pepper acquires Spanish loan business Celeris

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Mortgage lender Pepper Group announced today an agreement to acquire Spanish consumer loan business Celeris.

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Superannuation funds expecting to achieve 3-4% above inflation on their typical balanced options are likely to be disappointed, according to Credit Suisse Private Banking's David McDonald.

UBS and ME Bank launch high interest cash account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
UBS and ME Bank have launched a high interest cash account service for superannuation fund members based on UBS's direct investment platform for superannuation funds.

AMP appoints new director of Horizons

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
AMP Financial Services has appointed Amelia Constantinidis as director of financial planning academy Horizons.

Loomis Sayles to launch CLO locally

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Apostle Asset Management has advised Financial Standard of plans by its client, Boston-based Loomis Sayles, a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management to bring a next-gen CLO fund to the Australian market later this year.

Global listed property outperforms global equities by 8.6%

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Due to investor appetite for yield and safe-haven sectors, global listed property had significantly outperformed most major asset classes during 2012, a research paper reveals today.

Still pent-up demand as ETFs celebrate record year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to become a much larger part of the Australian wealth creation industry, according InStreet Investments managing director George Lucas.

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Australian investors are less scared then they have been in more than three years, and stock market return expectations are at a 20 month high.

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard we review the issues that some of Australia's chief economists expect to define 2013, and feature the latest thinking in the social media space, as well as latest news, views and regular features.